..."A Small Act" is a film directed by Jennifer Arnold, the story is about how a small act changes someone's whole life. Chris Mburu grew up in a poor family from Kenya, and his family was not able to pay for his education, so he received a donation from a Swedish woman named Hilde Back. Hilde paid Chris's primary and second school, and Chris worked hard became the top students in the school and went to Nairobi University later Chris graduated from Harvard Law School. Today Chris became a United Nations Human Rights Commissioner and set up a foundation called "Hilde Back" to help other poor family's children to continue their education. The organization offers scholarships for the top poor student, Kimani; Carolin and Ruth are all come from...
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...Mary Rosefern Montecalvo Arundhati Roy and The God of Small Things Asian Literature – Finals Paper Does everything really happen for a reason? Or do they merely occur at random? These are but two of several questions that Arundhati Roy left me with after I finished reading her novel The God of Small Things. Roy quoted contemporary writer John Berger for her novel’s epigraph when he said: "Never again will a single story be told as though it's the only one." Readers would agree that it is perfect for a story that is told in a non-linear manner with multiple perspectives. Synopsis of the Novel: Mostly set in a village named Ayemenem in India, the story tells about the childhood of fraternal twins Estha (a girl) and Rahel (a boy) when they were 7 years old in 1969 and then 24 years later in 1996. Ammu, the twins’ mother, also grew up in Ayemenem with her parents Pappachi and Mammachi. She has a brother named Chacko who went to study at Oxford and married a white woman named Margaret. They have a daughter named Sophie. While she's pregnant, Margaret falls for a guy named Joe, whom she marries after divorcing Chacko. Chacko is heartbroken and moves back to Ayemenem. Ammu also used to be married before she went back to Ayemenem with the twins in tow. Her husband’s name was Baba and they got divorced when Baba informed her about an indecent proposal thought up by his boss. Ammu did not agree to play along with it and in doing so, got herself beat up by Baba....
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...Summary – Come September In her argument, Arundhati Roy concentrates on the issue of ‘nationalism’ in a situation of War against Terror, to decide what happens to her world. She believes that eliminating the rising threats of globalizations is justifiable. In arguing for this position, she begins by conceding that the ‘anti-national’ is a person who had anti-perspectives about his or her nations. She uses her personal example in the month of September that this month had devastated effects to all citizens around the world. Imagine reminding us of what we cannot forget - Roy recalls – this month of dreadful anniversaries that the horror of what has come to be known as 9/11. Nearly three thousands civilians lost their lives in that lethal terrorist strike. The grief is still deep. The tears have not dried. And a strange, deadly war is raging around the world. She also quoted for those who lived in a democracy, would find it hard to imagine what living in a dictatorship and enduring the absolute loss of freedom means. She was meant a person is unwillingly keep all the glory for himself, not just thinking about others around him. The point of Roy’s example is to show that if you refuse to believe that the world will be controlled by the government’s fascism, you are not obliged to feel fear about terrorism unless you implicitly or explicitly agree about the world’s protection. In relation to improving democracy for every country, she likens this idea to being freedom through...
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...! SUMMARY/ANALYSIS:! ! Back to 1969, 6 policemen walking towards it: dramatic effect with this long build up.! Violence in their heart. Hunting of an animal. Long detailed description of the small things with many pauses (line breaks), a feeling of something coming, suspense.! The policemen carry batons but are thinking of machine guns.! When they arrive they have the feeling of being responsible for “Touchable futur”.! They wake Velutha with their heavy boots by kicking him.! The children wake up by: ”to the shout of sleep surprised by shattered kneecaps”. They don’t know that Velutha was there. There are paralysed by fear and disbelief.! The police beat V= extreme violence, skull cracking, broken ribs puncturing his lungs, damaged spine, broken teeth, ruptured intestine…! The twins are too young to understand. The policemen are “history’s henchmen” acting out the inevitable.! Estha and Rahel learn that blood smells "sicksweet. Like roses on a breeze”! Rahel tells Estha that she can tell that it isn't Velutha – she says it's Urumban, his "twin" who was at the march. Estha says nothing because he is "unwilling to seek refuge in fiction”. Rahel retreats into fantasy and ignorance.! The six policemen take all of Estha and Rahel's toys for their kids. The only thing they leave behind is Rahel's watch, which has the fake time painted on it. they wonder if Velutha really kidnapped them.! Climatic tragedy, violence unlike Sophie Mol’s death.! The police achieve...
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...The person would need to repent for their sins in order to be saved and be able to rejoice in the light of the Lord. There are many ways to interpret the passages in the bible pertaining to the last judgment. It mainly depends on the person and what he or she can draw from the passages that gives them the most meaning to their life and how to apply it to their current situation. I found a few passages that helped me get a better understanding of what the last judgment is about. I feel that, as with many things from the bible, people can take passages from the bible that refer to the last judgment too literal sometimes. Sometimes when I walk down the street, in certain parts of San Francisco, I usually end up running into someone who has a cardboard sign that says "the end is near." I believe that the last judgment is there, in many ways, to help make sure that Christians as a whole try to stay on a path of good. I felt that when I read passages that talked about the last judgment it made me think outside of my normal realm of thinking. This particular passage from Revelations 20: 11-15 that peaked my interest and caused me to reflect on it a bit: " Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them. And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written...
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...Analysis of a Passage from T.S. Eliot's the Waste Land T.S. Eliot writes very deliberately, including just the right details and organizing the poem so that each phrase and section is arranged in the most effective way possible. The following passage is from Eliot's The Waste Land: There is shadow under this red rock, (Come in under the shadow of this red rock), And I will show you something different from either Your shadow at morning striding behind you Or your shadow at evening rising to meet you; I will show you fear in a handful of dust (25-30) This passage seems to be strategically placed after several lines that allude to a passage from Ecclesiastes 12 of the Bible and directly before a number of allusions and examples that illustrate the "fear in a handful of dust" (Eliot 1-76). To completely understand the meaning of the passage above, the context in which it is used and the allusions that are employed must first be recognized and understood. First, the several lines preceding the above passage allude to Ecclesiastes 12 of the Bible which portrays feelings of hopelessness and of meaninglessness; meanwhile, the selected passage contains a small sense of hope as well as an invitation to the reader to see what Eliot sees. "A heap of broken images" or "And the dry stone no sound of water" are both phrases included in the preceding lines that lack a sense of hope and that support the allusion to Ecclesiastes 12 in which "Everything is meaningless!" (Eliot 22, 24)...
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...Scripture Analysis Project Step 10 The passage studied was Isaiah 42:1-4 in the New Standard Revised Version of the Bible. This passage is small but caries lots of meaning and is composed with strong characteristics. While reading this passage, a lot of unanswered questions and concerns come to mind that may clear up the passage and make it easier to understand. This project allowed me to translate words using the bible dictionary and study the footnotes which gave me a whole new perspective on this passage. At a glance, one could easily overlook this small passage when interpreting what Isaiah has to say in his scripture. Initially, it appears that Isaiah is talking about an individual when he refers to a servant selected by God to carry out his orders and “bring forth justice to the nations” (NRSV p. 1023). However, after listening to the commentaries and reading the entire book of Isaiah it is obvious that he is referring to the entire nation of Israel. If one is to read just the little excerpt it is easy to see how people can misinterpret passages of the bible. It is definitely recommended to view what you are looking at in the context it was intended to be viewed before making judgments. The overall meaning of this passage is one that can be debated to some degree. It seems as if Isaiah has been told by God to make it Israel’s goal to spread the word of the Lord no matter what it takes. Israel is to use all means necessary, which includes force. This seems...
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...The passage from Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo shows a complicated but loving relationship between a father and his son. In the passage, the tradition of Joe and his father fishing together is broken. The father, however, reacts calmly. For eight years, they had gone camping together, preferring each other’s company over anyone else’s. And that year, Bill Harper and Joe were going fishing together. This coming of age tale shows a young man separating from his father and becoming independent, and an abandoned father showing acceptance instead of anger. Through syntax, point of view, and selection of detail, and symbolism, Trumbo creates a complicated and vivid relationship between a father and son. The use of diction and syntax in the...
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...He talks how he would like to spend all of his time there because he was the greatest director there. After that chapter, he then proceeds to talk about different types of people who he refers to as “tourists”. He refers his Speech Therapist as his Guardian Angel because she was the one who set up the communication code. He is very thankful of her and he tells the readers how patient and fantastic she is. Passage: “Once, I was a master of recycling leftovers. Now I cultivate the art of simmering memories. You can sit down to a meal at any hour, with no fuss or ceremony. If it's a restaurant, no need to call ahead. If I do the cooking, it is always a success.” (36) Jean talks about his current eating life. He used to be a good chef and ate like a regular human being. He would eat and it would be excreted like a normal person. Instead, he is stuck in a hospital bed eating through a tube that is connected to his stomach. Ingestion is no problem for him and he only digests. Section 3 Page Range: PG 54-79 Dates Read:...
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...for all the variables that exist when a particular student reads and responds to a passage. Therefore, this little essay is an attempt to steer my AP students towards a philosophy of essay writing instead of trying to have an approach or a system. Where to begin? A few thoughts on beginning any essay ________________________________________ Before all else, as writers we must have something to say. And if it's not important or significant, then it is not generally worth saying. From what I can tell, all passages used on AP tests have something to reveal to readers. Before we write one single word about imagery or diction, we MUST figure out what that something is. What does this author have to say to us about being human, about our shared experiences, about our fears, our sorrows, our victories? Find this and you will have something to say. This something is what I call the "So What" and without it, your essay will be meaningless. So, if there is a step one, it is this: read and understand the passage given. This understanding of the meaningful, of the So What, is what will allow you to write an insightful essay. When you have something to say, your voice will be heard in your writing and you will have a place to go. When you have something to say, all else falls into line to fit that purpose. When you realize, for example, that the passage from Obasan is about (for one thing) heroism in small acts of kindness, then you can write about the images that helped you see that....
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...Key Passage Page How is this passage critical to the development of the theme/character/mood/setting/conflict? Respond to the passage on a personal note. “It was too transitory, all those doorways and dark spaces between wings, the missing ceiling. It was more like a terminal, he thought, a train station or an airport, everyone passing quickly through.” 5 This passage helps develop the novel’s recurring theme of main characters traveling. Firstly, it foreshadows what life will be like after the Georgia Flu. “Everyone passing quickly through” may foreshadow many people’s quick deaths, “passing through” life, but it also may foreshadow the Traveling Symphony’s centrality in the novel. The Traveling Symphony never stays very long in any one place,...
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...the Victorian age. It was a very challenge piece to understand at first. Now after reading it a few times I have a great surprise from it. It was based on how the people live doing that era. Strongly towards the children of this period that had to struggle very badly. Without food to feed them or anything that it takes to raise them. The parent had to go without with have to energy to make it the next day. By the end of the passage I realizes that he was saying that he want to take his own life to help other make it though there life. Along with suggested that other families have their child do the same thing because life was very hard to face. Now I didn’t see this come base of all the things that were said about help them get out of the issue at head. Maybe it just was way too much for him to take on without the help of others as he fought. This passage tells a lot on how poor the people where in the Victorian era. Now look into your lives and see if the small thing you face would equal up to this. So now take the time to read and reflect on the passage to better...
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...made me realize that we have it good compared to this era. Now after reading it a few times I have a great surprise from it. It was based on how the people lived doing that era. Strongly towards the children of this period that had to struggle very badly. Without food to feed them or anything else that it takes to raise them. The parent had to go without just to have energy to make it to the next day. By the end of the passage I realized that he was saying that he would want to take his own life to help others make it through there life. Along with suggested that other families have their child do the same thing because life was very hard to face. Now I didn’t see this coming based of all the things that were said about help them get out of the issue at hand. Maybe it was just way too much for him to take on without the help of others as he fought. This passage tells a lot on how poor the people where in the Victorian era. Now look into your lives and see if the small thing you face would equal up to this. So now take the time to read and reflect on the passage to better...
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...Introduction 2 The Primary Passages that Form a Small Group Ministry 2 The Great Commandment: Matthew 22:33-40 3 The Great Commission: Matthew 28:16-20 3 The Great Example Acts 1-2 4 The Great Illustration: Ephesians 1 5 The Great Plan: Ephesians 4 5 Current Church and Group Structure 6 Bibliography 8 Introduction Small Groups may be considered as the environment most conducive to developing and maturing disciples in the faith. There are reasons why this statement is to be considered as valid, and Comiskey notes that in understanding of the Trinity, Trinitarian doctrine indicates that the emphasis in on “life, love and movement within the Godhead.” Thomas F. Torrance writes concerning the Trinity that this doctrine is “foundational to Christianity, defines who we worship and serve, while guiding the church to practice love, care and unity.” If one studies the Trinitarian nature of God, what they will find is a relational aspect unfounded in a singular view of self. If as Scripture states that “The Son loves the Father and the Father loves the Son” (Jn. 3:35-36; cf. 5:20), then it stands to reason that God loves those (humankind) he created; implying a reciprocal nature of love vis. from God to us, us to God, and us to others. If love is the main element in anything, then it must be contemplated that love is the bedrock for small group ministries. Included within the study are five passages which are primary to small group ministry which will...
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...Rites of Passage Danielle Gialluca ANT 101 Elizabeth Spott November 17, 2014 There are milestones, and rites of passage all over the world, in all different cultures and societies. Some of them are non-religious centered, like a child’s first birthday. While others are more intricate and not as widely celebrated, such as female circumcision, which is more of a religious, and cultural practice. In areas in Africa, one tribe may practice one specific rite of passage, while the neighboring tribe may have something completely different. The fact that there are rites of passage all over the world is a uniting factor in communities far and wide. In this paper, the Jewish Bar Mitzvah is celebration of the passing from a child to young adulthood, while in Toraja community, the people have specific stages to go through after someone draws their final breath, while both are very important rites in their respective communities, both based on religion. The Jewish religion has several different rites of passage, as do most religions. The Jewish Religion is one that has been practiced since before Jesus Christ. Most people hear that someone is Jewish and they immediately think of Hanukah, and the menorah. But there is much more to this ancient, yet still practiced religion. It is a religion that is practiced throughout the globe, with several different types depending on the internal beliefs on specific things, but one thing that is common is their rites of passage, different...
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